City of Umatilla Hosting Free Fall Community Clean-Up Day on Saturday
The city of Umatilla is hosting a Free Fall Community Cleanup Day on Saturday, Nov. 23.
From 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., the city is...
Proposed Annexation Hits Snag; Council to Take It Up Next Month
The Hermiston City Council voted to approve up to 100 new homes just south of E. Punkin Center Road Monday night – or so...
Door-to-Door COVID-19 Testing Coming to Hermiston This Weekend
A team of health experts from Oregon State University will be in Hermiston on Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26 to provide free...
Oregon’s Low Unemployment Rate Continues in Month of April
Oregon’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in March and April.
For 16 consecutive months, the rate has been close to 4.1 percent, its lowest level...
Hermiston Library to Offer Medicare Assistance
Need help with Medicare? Drop by the Hermiston Public Library on Tuesday, July 7 and have your questions answered by trained volunteers.
From 3 to...
National Small Business Week Highlights 2020 Challenges
For more than 50 years, the U.S. Small Business Administration has celebrated National Small Business Week (NSBW), which recognizes the critical contributions of America’s...
Committee Reaching Out to At-Risk Kids
Hermiston’s Faith-Based Advisory Committee wants to put an end to surfing – not board surfing, but couch surfing.
Whether or not many people in the...
Lamb Weston to Hold Hiring Event at Port of Morrow on Sept. 19
Lamb Weston will be holding a hiring event on Tuesday, Sept. 19 at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 E. Marine Drive in...
Complete List of Hermiston Education Foundation 2013 Spring Grants
1. Delia Wallis Armand Larive “Settling in With Stories” $750.00
Project will involve 6th grade students and parents in reading a variety of books. The...
Hermiston School Board to Meet Jan.13
The Hermiston School Board has re-scheduled its January meeting date.
The board will meet on Tuesday, Jan. 13 instead of its regularly-scheduled date of Jan....
Large Crowd Turns Out to Celebrate Harkenrider Center Opening
More than 200 people showed up at Ridgeway Avenue on Saturday to celebrate Hermiston’s new senior center and to honor the public servant for...
ODOT Continues to Monitor Active Slide Next to I-84, North of Ontario
The Oregon Department of Transportation continues to monitor an active slide adjacent to the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near milepost 359.3, 17 miles...
Umatilla Electric Cooperative to Distribute $2.5 Million into Economy
The Umatilla Electric Cooperative (UEC) Board of Directors has approved $2.5 million to be distributed to members in April 2020 as part of the...
Free Hermiston Bus Service Begins Jan. 3
Hermiston residents will find it easier to get around town in 2017, thanks to a new free fixed-route bus service which will start operations...
‘RIVERFLOOD’ PARK
Visitors to Riverfront Park were in for a surprise today after the Umatilla River overflowed and began flooding the grounds.
The entire parking lot and...
DVS to Hold Remembrance Event on Oct. 6
Domestic Violence Services will hold a Remembrance event at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 6.
The event will take place at the Hermiston Domestic Violence...
Good Shepherd Offers Healthy Friday Event
Good Shepherd Medical Center will offer its monthly Healthy Fridays event on Friday, April 21.
From 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., participants, at no charge, can...
BMCC to Host Exhibit on History of Housing Discrimination in Oregon
Anywhere But Here: A History of Housing Discrimination in Oregon, a display presented by the Fair Housing Council of Oregon, is now on exhibit through...
Sheriff’s Marine Patrol Locates, Rescues Pair of Stranded Boaters
Two men out fishing along the Columbia River were rescued after their boat became stranded on a sand bar.
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office responded...
Economic Summit Helps Close Divide Between Eastern, Western Oregon
Industry experts, Oregon officials, office candidates and lawmakers from around the state converged onto Hermiston Thursday and Friday for the Eastern Oregon Economic Summit.
Hosted...
